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this is america. he was able to do that. and when he was a c.p.a., he would oversee everybody's taxes in the family. and i was a kid, and i got my first job working for a long time. i was a telephone operator for hilton hotels one summer. i'll never forget it. i was not good at it. i kept putting the -- those wires into the wrong places. but i managed to get through. and when i got my first paycheck, i -- i went to my dad. because i was earning minimum wage. i think it was 75 cents an hour. i don't know. i know i'm dating myself here. it's okay. and i said, "dad, why is it i have to pay a whole bunch of money somewhere else to the government?" and he said, "well, we all, when we earn money, we pay taxes, and if at the end of the year we pay too much, we get a refund." but, he said, "honey, i want to tell you something. you are so fortunate and blessed to be a citizen of the united states of america." and he said, "i know people will laugh at you when you say this, but," he said, "people who live here and who work here and ha
this is america. he was able to do that. and when he was a c.p.a., he would oversee everybody's taxes in the family. and i was a kid, and i got my first job working for a long time. i was a telephone operator for hilton hotels one summer. i'll never forget it. i was not good at it. i kept putting the -- those wires into the wrong places. but i managed to get through. and when i got my first paycheck, i -- i went to my dad. because i was earning minimum wage. i think it was 75 cents an hour. i...
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global trading for america's economic interest. finally, i will speak about the future of the swap market triet from friday, october 12, 22, to monday october 15th, we saw a complete migration of trading activity in the u.s. natural gas and electric power markets from the cleared swaps to economically equivalent futures. by tuesday, almost none were trading in the american energy markets. this over my development in a vital u.s. market happened almost entirely because energy trading firms sought to avoid registering the dealers or major swaps participants. it happened because the cftc has further regulatory arbitrage against one product under its jurisdiction and the futures could it happened with little study or understanding by the regulators of the unintended consequences of the u.s. markets, traders or energy consumers and haven't certainly without a cost-benefit analysis. here are the concerns. first the future as asian of the swaps harms the competitive market structure that dodd-frank meant to preserve. that is the choice of
global trading for america's economic interest. finally, i will speak about the future of the swap market triet from friday, october 12, 22, to monday october 15th, we saw a complete migration of trading activity in the u.s. natural gas and electric power markets from the cleared swaps to economically equivalent futures. by tuesday, almost none were trading in the american energy markets. this over my development in a vital u.s. market happened almost entirely because energy trading firms...
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this treaty is not about changing america. it's about america changing the world. but a vote here is a test of this institution. this vote is a test of whether the senate, which passed the civil rights act and the voting rights act and the americans with disabilities act, is still capable of voting to change things, let alone send a message that could change the world. i ask colleagues to do for the world what they've done for america -- walk down the aisle here and for millions everywhere who cannot walk make a stateme statement. raise your voice and vote for millions who are voiceless in their own lands. stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. this is not about the united nations. this is about common humanity. and this vote is to test whether the senate will stand up for those who cannot see or hear and whether senators can hear the truth and see the facts. please don't let captain brzynski down, please don't let senator bob dole down. most importantly, don't let the senate and the country down. approve this treaty. the presiding officer: the ques
this treaty is not about changing america. it's about america changing the world. but a vote here is a test of this institution. this vote is a test of whether the senate, which passed the civil rights act and the voting rights act and the americans with disabilities act, is still capable of voting to change things, let alone send a message that could change the world. i ask colleagues to do for the world what they've done for america -- walk down the aisle here and for millions everywhere who...
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to everybody in america but the speaker. mr. speaker, get back to ohio and ask some of those families about whether middle-class families should pay higher taxes january 1. the answer's clear. they should not. it is within this power of the speaker john boehner to bring to the floor of the house today, today a measure that passed the senate in july, that will protect families making $250,000 a year or less. what i hear from the speaker is we won't protect middle-class families until you agree to raise the retirement age, the eligibility age for medicare. well, i have said to all who have asked, i believe in entitlement reform. i believe medicare going broke in 12 years is a serious challenge to all of us, but i am loathe to see us make a policy change in medicare in the closing days of this month that we have to live with and can't explain. here's the part you can't complain. if you increase the eligibility age from medicare to 65 to 67, what's a person to do who retires at 63 or 64 with a medical condition? where are they going
to everybody in america but the speaker. mr. speaker, get back to ohio and ask some of those families about whether middle-class families should pay higher taxes january 1. the answer's clear. they should not. it is within this power of the speaker john boehner to bring to the floor of the house today, today a measure that passed the senate in july, that will protect families making $250,000 a year or less. what i hear from the speaker is we won't protect middle-class families until you agree...
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this in america? that's wrong. you know, the economy has continued to recover and we hope it will, but we still have many americans who rely on basic assistance to get by each month. thankfully, the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap has filled the gap. it offers the most comprehensive assistance available to the poorest americans. it is unfortunate during this fall's campaign we saw candidates who were intent on spreading miss conceptions about a -- misconceptions about a program that lifts millions of americans above the poverty line each year. the contention is snap beneficiaries are largely out-of-work americans is far from accurate. two-thirds of the beneficiaries are children, the disabled or the elderly who cannot be expected to work. the remaining participants are subject to rigorous work requirements in order to receive continuing benefits. vermont has done a remarkable job in urging vermonters to register for our snap program. we call it three squares. but the unfortunate reality is thousan
this in america? that's wrong. you know, the economy has continued to recover and we hope it will, but we still have many americans who rely on basic assistance to get by each month. thankfully, the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap has filled the gap. it offers the most comprehensive assistance available to the poorest americans. it is unfortunate during this fall's campaign we saw candidates who were intent on spreading miss conceptions about a -- misconceptions about a...
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america remains a land of dreams and a nation of dreamers. i know that my history repeats itself today in millions of american families and their children and as long as that is so, i k our best days as a country or so ahead of us. so mr. president, i want my remarks today were country began a long time ago, with a dream and a prayer that god will continue to buzz the united states of america.ay f >> thank you, mr. president. i rise today for one final time to address the senate. and my remarks will be brief and actually i just want to say one thing. thank s you. first i wish i could say it with the eloquence of one of my first friends in the senate, senator dale bumpers, who told his stora lion tethered to a specially made extra-long microphone cord. or with the breadth of vision of the late senator robert c. byrd who sprinkled his classic mother's day or fourth of july speeches with memorized poetry and his vast command of history. or with the fire of my dear friend, the late senator ted kennedy, who would bell owe to the -- bellow to the r
america remains a land of dreams and a nation of dreamers. i know that my history repeats itself today in millions of american families and their children and as long as that is so, i k our best days as a country or so ahead of us. so mr. president, i want my remarks today were country began a long time ago, with a dream and a prayer that god will continue to buzz the united states of america.ay f >> thank you, mr. president. i rise today for one final time to address the senate. and my...
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the governance of our countrytae and may god continue to blast the united states of america. i yield the floor. >> the senator from indiana. >> i rise today in services ric senator richard lugar and to pat tribute to his legacy. i have served alongside him as the junior senator from indiana during my i tour, to tours of service here in the united states senate. make all of us to seek public service want to make a difference. certainly senator lugar has donl at.loped a at an early age he developed a passion for knowledge and a native of indianapolis, he was valedictorian at short ridge has cool. then and still a distinguished institutionition where knowledgt at the forefront of everythingfr down in a school.s, is also one of our former members, ted stevens, is also a graduate fron short range high-school.ictorian dick lugar went on to become valedictorian in college when he graduated from denison universi university with a degree in a economics. he w college at oxford university as a rhodes scholar and obtained a second pass as degree and aar master's degree in politics, niilo
the governance of our countrytae and may god continue to blast the united states of america. i yield the floor. >> the senator from indiana. >> i rise today in services ric senator richard lugar and to pat tribute to his legacy. i have served alongside him as the junior senator from indiana during my i tour, to tours of service here in the united states senate. make all of us to seek public service want to make a difference. certainly senator lugar has donl at.loped a at an early...
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we can restore confidence in america, a balanced solution will provide america a fiscal course correction. and when we reach a meaningful deal, and i'm confident that we will, every credit rating agency will have to restore america's aaa rating. there are good people on the other side of the aisle. my colleague, senator hatch, recognize this business of the challenges. working together, we can get this done. working together, we can restore america's economic vitality. so i'll conclude where i began, taking you back to the football game, montana. at the end of the brawl of the wild, the final whistle blew, players from opposing teams gathered at midfield to shake hands. they had just beaten each other to a pulp in the frozen ground for the past "60 minutes." yet, the end of a game, they could come together and they did. the thousands of fans who spent the weekend left the stadium not as a bobcat, not as a grisly, but as montanans, as americans. this is the spirit we need now. come together to resolve the fiscal crisis, only way forward. now is the time to get to work. before i finished my
we can restore confidence in america, a balanced solution will provide america a fiscal course correction. and when we reach a meaningful deal, and i'm confident that we will, every credit rating agency will have to restore america's aaa rating. there are good people on the other side of the aisle. my colleague, senator hatch, recognize this business of the challenges. working together, we can get this done. working together, we can restore america's economic vitality. so i'll conclude where i...
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kent conrad is a senator for all of america. he's done a tremendous job in the united states senate. i wish he and lucy and today coata the very best. lastly i want to turn to football coaches which might seem to be a quick turn when you talk about united states senators but in georgia we're having a retirement that was just announced. retirement of bill curry, the head coach of the georgia state panthers. he is a legend in our state not of his time but all time in terms of football. he played football at college park, georgia in high school and went to georgia tech when they were in the southeastern conference. he was a small 200-pound center. went from georgia tech to the green bay packers and played in the first super bowl game as a start are senator, traded to the baltimore colts and played in the famous game when joe namath delivered victory against the colts. he went on to play for other nfl teams until he was hurt in a game on an injure caused by merlin olson. he didn't quit when his career ended in terms of playing footb
kent conrad is a senator for all of america. he's done a tremendous job in the united states senate. i wish he and lucy and today coata the very best. lastly i want to turn to football coaches which might seem to be a quick turn when you talk about united states senators but in georgia we're having a retirement that was just announced. retirement of bill curry, the head coach of the georgia state panthers. he is a legend in our state not of his time but all time in terms of football. he played...
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but that's not the way we do it in america. we really feel that there's got to be some evidence, some probable cause, in order to do something like that, and the american colonists had a huge problem with just the idea that everybody's house was going to be checked for smuggled goods on the prospect that, well, maybe somebody somewhere had engaged in smuggling. the coul oifnts said, it's -- the colonists said, it's just not okay to go around invading people's privacy unless you've got some specific evidence that they've done something wrong, just the way people in rhode island and oregon would feel today, that you quants jus can'o out and check everybody in sight around the prospect that maybe there's someone who's done something wrong. now, back in the colonists' time, the law said that these writs of assistance were good until the king died. so when king george ii died and the authorities had to get new writes, many colonists tried to challenge them in court. in boston, james otis denounced this mass invasion of privacy, remi
but that's not the way we do it in america. we really feel that there's got to be some evidence, some probable cause, in order to do something like that, and the american colonists had a huge problem with just the idea that everybody's house was going to be checked for smuggled goods on the prospect that, well, maybe somebody somewhere had engaged in smuggling. the coul oifnts said, it's -- the colonists said, it's just not okay to go around invading people's privacy unless you've got some...
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every disability community in america, every disability organization supported this. mr. president, we had 21 veterans organizations. everything from the american legion to the v.f.w. to amvets to disabled american veterans, vietnam veterans of america, 21, every veterans group supported this. i ask, were these veterans groups so dumb, so blind, so misled to support something that is going to give the u.n. to right to come in and take kids out of your home? that's what people are saying. they don't get it, huh? these veterans groups. is that what they were saying, they don't understand this? well, of course they understood it and they know those were unfounded fears. walk out and see yoshiko dart holding justin dart's hat. god love him. a man who used a wheelchair most of his adult life, traveled to every state in this country day after day after day after day to get people to organized to support the americans with disabilities act, justin dart. well, he's since passed on but his widow carries his hat around and she had his hat there. and they were just crushed by this v
every disability community in america, every disability organization supported this. mr. president, we had 21 veterans organizations. everything from the american legion to the v.f.w. to amvets to disabled american veterans, vietnam veterans of america, 21, every veterans group supported this. i ask, were these veterans groups so dumb, so blind, so misled to support something that is going to give the u.n. to right to come in and take kids out of your home? that's what people are saying. they...
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the united states of america is there. we'd say, sorry, we may be the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth, but we can't help you. about the peace corps, of course they would shut it down. the millennium challenge corporation, shut that down. the list goes on and on. i mention these things because they have all had strong bipartisan support, republican and democratic support both in the congress and in the republican and democratic administrations. so let's not waste our time like this. it's a classic example of recklessly robbing peter to pay paul. we need americans to help the victims of hurricane sandy rebuild their lives. we also don't do it by eliminating programs that are critical to our economy and especially programs critical to our national security. this amendment includes a new provision that would prevent all funds within this act from being considered emergency spending. now, mr. president, can any one of us stand here on this floor in a straight face and say that the devastating effects of the largest at
the united states of america is there. we'd say, sorry, we may be the wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth, but we can't help you. about the peace corps, of course they would shut it down. the millennium challenge corporation, shut that down. the list goes on and on. i mention these things because they have all had strong bipartisan support, republican and democratic support both in the congress and in the republican and democratic administrations. so let's not waste our time like this....
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this has no tying of the hands of america. there isn't one law in the united states that will be negatively affected. but it will push, it will leverage, it will the countries by their commitment to be held accountability -- accountable to the standard we have set and take our gold standard and extend it to the rest of the world. so there are three reasons that i've heard that we can't do this. when i hear them, i'm reminded what i learned when i was a prosecutor quite a few years ago now. i learned that, you know, if -- if the facts are against you, then argue the law. if the law is against you, then argue the facts. and if both of against you, just make it up. well, that's exactly what's happening here, mr. president. neither the law nor the facts support any argument that has been made on the other side of this treat. so accordingly we're facing an entirely fictitious set of arguments on abortion, on home schooling, on lame-duck sessions. all of their arguments have been contradicted by the facts and the law, let me documen
this has no tying of the hands of america. there isn't one law in the united states that will be negatively affected. but it will push, it will leverage, it will the countries by their commitment to be held accountability -- accountable to the standard we have set and take our gold standard and extend it to the rest of the world. so there are three reasons that i've heard that we can't do this. when i hear them, i'm reminded what i learned when i was a prosecutor quite a few years ago now. i...
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it's good for america, good for our economy and our jobs. and i think it strikes a critical balance by giving critical assistance to american companies that want to export their products to russia's growing middle class, supporting good-paying jobs here at home. however, forcing russia to play by the rules and, again, providing binding penalties if they fail to livep
it's good for america, good for our economy and our jobs. and i think it strikes a critical balance by giving critical assistance to american companies that want to export their products to russia's growing middle class, supporting good-paying jobs here at home. however, forcing russia to play by the rules and, again, providing binding penalties if they fail to livep
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i would like to see america remain the financial capital of the world. and i'd like to see rules that help us remain in that position. i'd like to also understand what all the financial crises seem to happen in london. aig explodes in london in their financial special markets office, not in their well-regulated new york. the london well, the libor creuset apply to all the crises happened in london? thanks. my time is up spent i thank the gentleman from new york. and 42 minutes. ms. moore is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you so much, chairman garrett and ranking member waters. i just want to lobby the sec nctc for the extraordinary work that both agencies have done to this point. it's a herculean task when you consider a point that ranking member waters has driven into the ground, and that is that you're not adequately funded to do the work that we've asked you to do on such a short timeframe. i am concerned about a couple things today that have already been mentioned, and i look forward to hearing from the regulators, the rulemaking process, parti
i would like to see america remain the financial capital of the world. and i'd like to see rules that help us remain in that position. i'd like to also understand what all the financial crises seem to happen in london. aig explodes in london in their financial special markets office, not in their well-regulated new york. the london well, the libor creuset apply to all the crises happened in london? thanks. my time is up spent i thank the gentleman from new york. and 42 minutes. ms. moore is...
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you built america. you helped save america. you helped save western civilization. we're going to work right now to save your safety net benefits. come to that hall where you can apply for those benefits. they're still there, and we still want to make sure you're eligible. but we want not only a safety net to get you over the hard time, because we believe the best safety net is jobs in american manufacturing. madam president, i'm going to yield the floor, but i will not yield the fight for american jobs. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations judiciary, lorna g. schofield of new york to be united states district judge. frank paul geraci jr. of new york to be uni
you built america. you helped save america. you helped save western civilization. we're going to work right now to save your safety net benefits. come to that hall where you can apply for those benefits. they're still there, and we still want to make sure you're eligible. but we want not only a safety net to get you over the hard time, because we believe the best safety net is jobs in american manufacturing. madam president, i'm going to yield the floor, but i will not yield the fight for...
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and finally, let me say, we need a fresh trade policy for the americas. we now have trade agreements with six countries that were part of the dominican republi republic/cafta agreement. and we have a trade preferences agreement with haiti, but we really need to look to see what we can do to trade in this hemisphere, improve our economic relationship with the south american giant country and giant economy of brazil. your best trading partners, mr. president, should be your neighbors. certainly canada and mexico have proved that. when we send canada $1, they traditionally send us back somewhere in the neighborhood of $1. right now it's about 91 cents. our trade with mexico -- mexico now sends us back -- or at least a year ago shall, and this number continues to negotiation, but was sending back 75 cents. that's why on the energy front when you deal with them, it makes a ditches sms so they have proven that your neighbor should be your best trading partners. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. blunt: 30 seconds? the presiding officer:
and finally, let me say, we need a fresh trade policy for the americas. we now have trade agreements with six countries that were part of the dominican republi republic/cafta agreement. and we have a trade preferences agreement with haiti, but we really need to look to see what we can do to trade in this hemisphere, improve our economic relationship with the south american giant country and giant economy of brazil. your best trading partners, mr. president, should be your neighbors. certainly...
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this is a americas one voter said. it's chaos. another first-time voter waited five hours in chesapeake, virginia. "this is just horrible. there's no reason it should take this long. "voters across the country had other challenges or problems voting. voters in pueblo, colorado, said they checked the box on their touch-screen panel to vote for m.i.t. rom memittromney, but it. i wonder if my vote really counted, they said. poll watchers in davidson county, tennessee, could only stand by as would-be voters is asaw the long line and drove away, pressed by commitments of family or work or others, chose not to spend hours waiting in line to exercise that most fundamental of american rights, the fran chierks the right to vote. in philadelphia, longtime registered voters who showed up to cast their ballots discovered their names weren't on the rolls anymore. mr. president, in ohio, in wisconsin, in south carolina, new york, montana, more than a dozen states experienced some kind of basic breakdown in the administration of their elections
this is a americas one voter said. it's chaos. another first-time voter waited five hours in chesapeake, virginia. "this is just horrible. there's no reason it should take this long. "voters across the country had other challenges or problems voting. voters in pueblo, colorado, said they checked the box on their touch-screen panel to vote for m.i.t. rom memittromney, but it. i wonder if my vote really counted, they said. poll watchers in davidson county, tennessee, could only stand by...
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in my view, america's first principles demand better. so i thank senator wyden for his leadership on this issue and i thank majority leader reid for assuring we have the opportunity to debate and consider these amendments and the very important issues that they reflect here today. i urge all of my colleagues to consider carefully and then support these amendments to the f.a.a. we cannot let the impending deadline distract us from the important opportunity to conduct oversight and implement responsible reforms. to simply be rushed to passage when we have known the deadline was approaching for years strikes me as an abrogation of our fundamental oversight responsibility. in my view, this chamber deserves a full and informed debate about our intelligence-gathering procedures and their potentially very real impact on americans' privacy rights, and we need it sooner rather than later. these amendments would allow us to have that conversation and to work together on a path that strikes the essential balance between privacy and security for the
in my view, america's first principles demand better. so i thank senator wyden for his leadership on this issue and i thank majority leader reid for assuring we have the opportunity to debate and consider these amendments and the very important issues that they reflect here today. i urge all of my colleagues to consider carefully and then support these amendments to the f.a.a. we cannot let the impending deadline distract us from the important opportunity to conduct oversight and implement...
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all the speaker has to do is say we care about america, we care about rural america, 16 million people who work every day, who are folks that just do their jobs, and when the job has got to get done, whether it's early in the morning, late at night, they do it, and they expect us to do the same thing. there's no excuse, none, none that makes any sense not to get a five-year farm bill done, not to make sure we have the disaster assistance that's needed for farmers and ranchers and not to get the reforms that cut back on taxpayer subsidies we should not be providing and the deficit reduction that is critically important as we come up to this fiscal cliff. so i want to thank everyone in this body for working with us to get a bill done that i think we should all be very proud of, and we're going to continue to push as we go forward, hoping that at some moment the house republican leadership will look around at the small towns in their districts and decide that they matter and that they will pass a five-year farm bill. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermon
all the speaker has to do is say we care about america, we care about rural america, 16 million people who work every day, who are folks that just do their jobs, and when the job has got to get done, whether it's early in the morning, late at night, they do it, and they expect us to do the same thing. there's no excuse, none, none that makes any sense not to get a five-year farm bill done, not to make sure we have the disaster assistance that's needed for farmers and ranchers and not to get the...
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it's because really since 1986, america sat on the sidelines. so while we have, since 1986, done nothing to reform our tax code, every single one of our oecd partners, all of the other developed countries have. all of them have. they haven't just reduce their rates which is something that is sort of the marquee that people look at. candidate, gone on its better rate from 1625 to 15%. they were at 35 as you know. they reform their structure and more fundamental ways. in ways that make them more competitive. that has led, my view, to move capital and people and investment, and headquarters. and it will continue to unless we deal with it. so it's an opportunity during the fiscal cliff discussion, not just as i how do we get more revenue but how do we do it three system that will help to create economic growth rather than adding an additional layer on top of our outdated antiquated and efficient tax system, we have the opportunity here to actually provide the necessary incentive to get the tax code to a point where it does create growth. as compared
it's because really since 1986, america sat on the sidelines. so while we have, since 1986, done nothing to reform our tax code, every single one of our oecd partners, all of the other developed countries have. all of them have. they haven't just reduce their rates which is something that is sort of the marquee that people look at. candidate, gone on its better rate from 1625 to 15%. they were at 35 as you know. they reform their structure and more fundamental ways. in ways that make them more...
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america's influence works in ways large and small. few people understand that better than incoming house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce. please join me in welcoming him to fdd's washington forum. [applause] >> well let me thank mark here and thank the foundation for the defense democracies. really what i want to express is my appreciation as a member of house for the work that you do, for the work product that you provide us. i can say i only wish we had deployed that more decisively sooner but in terms of what you do in research, in terms of the analysis that you provide, in terms of the communication, the ability to communicate that to members of the senate and the house, i have to say it's the whole package and it is very important work. and i think if i could share one thought in particular, it is your work on sanctions especially energy sanctions, that, i think has been critical and, i want to say congratulations. i saw, i saw director woolsey when i came in and i so much appreciate the briefing we have received from
america's influence works in ways large and small. few people understand that better than incoming house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce. please join me in welcoming him to fdd's washington forum. [applause] >> well let me thank mark here and thank the foundation for the defense democracies. really what i want to express is my appreciation as a member of house for the work that you do, for the work product that you provide us. i can say i only wish we had deployed that more...
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. ♪ ♪ america, america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> give rest, chris, your ser advancement, your saint where sorrow and pain are no more and have life everlasting. you only are immortal, the creator and maker of human kind, and we are mortal, formed of the earth and to earth shall we return for so did you ordain when you created me saying you are dust, and to dust you shall return. all of us go down to the dark, yet even at the grave, we make our song hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. give rest so christ to your servant with your saint where sorrow and pain are no more neither time, but life everlasting. into your hands, oh merciful savior, we commend your servant, daniel, acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. receive him into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light, amen. mayed life-support b
. ♪ ♪ america, america ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪ ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> give rest, chris, your ser advancement, your saint where sorrow and pain are no more and have life everlasting. you only are immortal, the creator and maker of human kind, and we are mortal, formed of the earth and to earth shall we return for so did you ordain when you created me saying you are...